1833–1910

Introduction

Born: Ap­ril 2, 1833, Eli­za­ville, New York.

Died: Feb­ru­ary 9, 1910, Mo­he­gan Lake, New York.

Buried: Eli­za­ville Ce­me­te­ry, Eli­za­ville, New York.

Biography

Coons mar­ried twice, to Em­ma Shel­don and Emi­ly Brown (No­vem­ber 6, 1901).

He was a gra­du­ate of Wes­ley­an Uni­ver­si­ty (Ro­berts Wes­ley­an Uni­ver­si­ty?), and served nu­mer­ous pas­tor­ates in New York state.

Works

Lyrics

  1. Almost Per­suad­est Thou
  2. Beautiful Zi­on
  3. Better Than All, Je­sus Is There
  4. Bread Of Life, The
  5. Brighter Sky, The
  6. By and By
  7. Close of Day, The
  8. Come, All Ye Friends of Je­sus, Sing
  9. Come Christ­ians of What­ev­er Name
  10. Come, My Breth­ren (at­trib­ut­ed)
  11. Courage, Ye Pil­grims
  12. Eternal Morn­ing, The
  13. Eternal Weight of Glo­ry, The
  14. Happy Noon-Day
  15. Haste To Save
  16. He Saves Me Now
  17. He Suf­fered Just for Me
  18. How Bright the Morn­ing
  19. I’ll Away to Glo­ry
  20. I’ll Lean up­on Him
  21. I’ll Sing of Je­sus
  22. Is Your Lamp Burn­ing?
  23. Jesus Comes
  24. Jesus Loves
  25. Jesus’ Glo­ry
  26. Jesus’ Pow­er
  27. Jesus the Same
  28. Let Him Alone
  29. Let It Cleanse Me Now
  30. Let Me Lean on Thee
  31. Lo! Je­sus Reigns
  32. More Than These
  33. Morning Pray­er
  34. Mount Zi­on’s Hills
  35. My An­gel Daugh­ter An­nie
  36. My Clos­ing Day
  37. My Leave of Mo­ther
  38. My Wound­ed Spir­it Sighs
  39. No One Like Thee
  40. O! See the Gate Ajar
  41. Oh, Meet Me
  42. On the Isle
  43. Only Je­sus Died For Me
  44. Our Ex­it
  45. Our Jour­ney
  46. Our Pros­pect
  47. Pilgrims Cross­ing
  48. Precious Ta­ble
  49. Purple Ban­ner, The
  50. Saint’s Set­ting Sun, The
  51. Save the Sin­ner
  52. Sinner’s Call
  53. Soon the Beau­ti­ful Morn
  54. Sweet Is the Name of Je­sus
  55. Swiftly Go­ing Home
  56. There Death Can­not Grieve Us Again
  57. They Shall Run and Not Get Wea­ry
  58. Through the Por­tals Sweep­ing Through
  59. ’Tis Je­sus Draw­ing Nigh
  60. ’Tis Je­sus’ Gra­cious Reign
  61. Vain World!
  62. Waiting by the Ri­ver Side
  63. Water of Life, The
  64. We Shall Meet
  65. We’re Go­ing to Dwell in Hea­ven
  66. When Je­sus Said to Me
  67. Where Storms Shall Nev­er Fall
  68. Who’ll Come to Je­sus?
  69. Ye Bless­ed, En­ter In

Music

  1. Antofagasta
  2. Louvre
  3. Wright Ci­ty

Sources

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